Each Saturday night I rank the 10 best teams in the country. The order fluctuates from week to week based on new information. And like the selection committee, I attempt to reward teams with a tough strength of schedule.

This week’s edition looks quite a bit different after four of my top 10 teams from last week lost in a 24-hour span. In fact, Clemson was my No. 1 team prior to Friday night’s stunning loss at 4-3 Syracuse.

How far did the Tigers fall?

1. Alabama (7-0): Jalen Hurts threw his first interception of the season Saturday against Arkansas. Everything else went the Tide’s way in a 41-9 rout, their third win by 30 or more points in their four SEC games to date. Pity Tennessee, coming to town next.

2. Georgia (7-0): Yep, the two best teams in the country may both reside in the SEC. Georgia’s defense played its worst game of the season Saturday against woeful Mizzou, but the Dawgs still won 53-28. It was their “closest” SEC win so far.

3. Penn State (6-0): The Nittany Lions were idle this week before entering the most important stretch of their season, against Michigan and at Ohio State.

4. TCU (6-0): Anyone waiting for Frogs QB Kenny Hill to revert to 2014-16 form may be waiting all season. Hill was 27-of-37 for 297 yards and no picks in TCU’s easy 26-6 win at Kansas State. TCU has a shot to be 9-0 when it visits Oklahoma.

5. Clemson (6-1): The Tigers lost to Syracuse, lost QB Kelly Bryant to injury and watched previous foes Auburn (to LSU) and Louisville (to BC) go down. But Dabo Swinney still has two wins against current top 25 foes (Auburn and Virginia Tech); the undefeated teams below them have zero.

6. Wisconsin (6-0): The Badgers largely controlled their game against Purdue but due in part to three turnovers, the final score was 17-9. Freshman RB Jonathan Taylor notched the third 200-yard game of his young career.

7. Miami (5-0): Another week, another dramatic win, this one thanks to Darrell Langham’s incredible fourth-down reception against Georgia Tech. Most encouraging for the ’Canes, sophomore RB Travis Homer stepped up to run for 170 yards on 20 carries.

8. Ohio State (6–1): Since losing to Oklahoma, the Buckeyes have mercilessly shredded five consecutive overmatched foes. QB J.T. Barrett threw five touchdowns in Saturday’s 56-14 rout at Nebraska and now boasts a 21-to-1 TD-to-INT ratio.

9. Notre Dame (5-1): This is a rare occasion where the Irish are underrated in the polls. They own the nation’s No. 6 rushing offense. They lost by one point to my No. 2 team, Georgia, and beat their other five opponents (including 5-1 Michigan State) by 20 points or more. Up next …

10. USC (6–1): The Trojans have looked shaky in nearly every game, but they now own wins against Stanford (5-2), Texas (3-3), Cal (4-3) and, thanks to a foiled two-point conversion, Utah (4-2). The sole loss was by three points on the road to 6-1 Washington State.

Stewart Mandel is editor-in-chief of The All-American. He has been a national college football writer for 18 years with Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports. He co-hosts The Audible podcast with Bruce Feldman. Follow Stewart on Twitter @slmandel.